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The Role of Alternative Funding in Startups

StartupNation

Less common bank loans, such as those offered by credit unions or Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI), may also fall into this category. Entrepreneurs can build a community and get feedback. Angel Investors An angel investor invests in a business using their own money. What is Alternative Funding?

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round. Lots of community discussions. They’ll get into whatever they can just to like find a community, find a home. James Burnes: Well, we started as a result of an earthquake and a city in ruin.

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Arizona Biosciences Break New Ground: A Snapshot of a Thriving Innovation Ecosystem

American Entrepreneurship

Arizonas research community continues to play a vital role in the overall growth of the state’s bioscience sector and innovation ecosystem, said Ryan Helwig, principal and senior director at TEConomy Partners.

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NJEDA Board Approves Two Programs to Advance New Jersey’s Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

American Entrepreneurship

Next NJ Program and AI Innovation Challenge Administration Grant Program will increase AI investment and catalyze groundbreaking research TRENTON, N.J. New Jerseys continued investment in the sectors of the future will pay dividends for generations to come, setting the Garden State on a path of economic strength and prosperity.

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

I'll bet you don't know where the Center of NY's Tech Community and Center of Creativity is. In fact, it is "well-known internationally as the original home of New York's technology community.". VCs and fulltime angels bring a lot more than just money to the communities they invest in. It says so right on their website.

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. 55 Washington Street.

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How the New York City innovation community can still lose (and what you can do about it)

This is going to be BIG.

Funds like RRE have been here and been successful for quite a while, and Union Square Ventures and First Round Capital are investing out of their second and third funds respectively. I've heard that most new angels make 70% of their lifetime investments within the first year of starting to invest--i.e. Angels: Focus and pace.